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My  Church 

Dedicated  to  the  First  Tresbyterian  Church  of  Chicago 

'Before  I  was  bom  My  Church  gave  to  my  parents  ideals  of  life  and 
love  that  made  my  home  a  'place  of  strength  and  beauty. 

In  helpless  infancy  My  Church  joined  my  parents  in  consecrating 
me  to  Christ  and  in  baptizing  me  in  His  name. 

My  Church  enriched  my  childhood  with  the  Romance  of  Religion 
and  the  lessons  of  life  that  have  been  woven  into  the  texture  of 
my  soul.  Sometimes  I  seem  to  have  forgotten  and  then, when  else 
I  might  surrender  to  foolish  and  futile  ideals  of  life,  the  truths 
My  Church  taught  become  radiant,  insistent  and  inescapable. 

In  the  stress  and  storm  of  adolescence  My  Church  heard  the  surge 
of  my  soul  and  She  guided  my  footsteps  by  lifting  my  eyes 
toward  the  stars. 

When  first  my  heart  knew  the  strange  awakenings  of  love  My 
Church  taught  me  to  chasten  and  spiritualize  my  affections; 
She  sanctified  my  marriage  and  blessed  my  home. 

When  my  heart  was  seamed  with  sorrow,  and  I  thought  the  sun 
could  never  shine  again,  My  Church  drew  me  to  the  Friend  of 
all  the  Weary  and  whispered  to  me  the  hope  of  another  morning, 
eternal  and  tearless. 

When  my  steps  have  slipped  and  I  have  known  the  bitterness  of  sin, 
My  Church  has  believed  in  me  and  wooingly  She  has  called  me 
back  to  live  within  the  heights  of  myself. 

D^pw  have  come  the  children  dearer  to  me  than  life  itself  and  My 
Church  is  helping  me  to  train  them  for  all  joyous  and  clean 
and  Christly  living. 

My  Church  calls  me  to  Her  heart.  She  asks  my  service  and  my 
loyalty.  She  has  a  right  to  ask  it!  I  will  help  Her  to  do  for  others 
what  She  has  done  for  me.  In  this  City  in  which  I  live,  I  will 
help  Her  keep  aloft  and  aflame  the  torch  of  a  living  faith. 

—  William  Henry  Boddv 

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"Through  the  Years" 

"By  William  Henry  Buddy,  D.  D. 

he  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago  was 
founded  in  Fort  Dearborn  on  June  26,  1833,  in 
a  carpenter's  shop;  twelve  officers  and  men  and 
four  women  of  the  Fort  composed  the  congregation. 
On  January  4,  1834,  the  first  house  of  worship  was 
dedicated  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Clark  and 
Lake  Streets.  An  interesting  bit  of  history  has  been  furnished  us 
by  the  Chicago  Historical  Society:  A  quilt  pieced  by  the  ladies  in 
Fort  Dearborn  and  raffled  by  them  for  the  building  fund  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  1833  has  been  placed  on  exhibition  in 
the  museum  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society.  This  quilt  was 
donated  by  Mrs.  George  Gregory  and  was  won  by  Mrs.  James 
Gregory,  nee  Miss  Frances  Campbell. 

The  Reverend  Jeremiah  Porter  was  acting  pastor  from  1833 
to  1835.  The  son  of  the  Reverend  Jeremiah  Porter,  Mr.  James 
W.  Porter,  is  a  member  of  the  First  Church,  living  at  La  Mesa, 
California. 

After  the  retirement  of  Jeremiah  Porter  the  Reverend  John 
Blatchford  was  called,  in  1837,  and  remained  with  the  little  church 
until  1839.  From  1840  until  1849  tne  Reverend  Flavel  Bascom 
was  minister.  The  next  minister  was  within  the  memory  of  many 
of  us.  The  Reverend  Harvey  Curtis,  who  was  installed  in  1850, 
continued  his  ministry  for  eight  years.  His  daughter-in-law  is  a 
member  of  the  church  which  he  served  so  faithfully.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  note  that  the  son  of  the  Reverend  Harvey  Curtis,  the  Rev- 
erend Edward  Harvey  Curtis,  was  for  twenty-two  years  pastor  of 
Woodlawn  Park  Presbyterian  Church.  After  the  completion  of 
Dr.  Curtis'  ministry  at  First  Church  the  Reverend  Arthur  Mitchell 

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took  up  the  work  and  continued  in  the  administration  of  the 
church's  affairs  for  twelve  years.  He  was  succeeded  by  one  of  the 
noted  preachers  of  America,  Dr.  John  Henry  Barrows,  who  was 
minister  from  1 8 8 1  until  1896,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the 
Reverend  William  J.  Chichester,  whose  ministry  began  in  1897 
and  closed  in  1903.  The  Reverend  John  Archibald  Morrison  came 
in  1904  and  ministered  until  19 10.  In  19 10  the  Reverend  John 
Newton  Freeman  was  asked  to  act  as  minister  in  charge  until  the 
merger  with  the  Forty-First  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  191  3. 
The  Reverend  William  Chalmers  Covert,  at  that  time  pastor  of 
the  Forty-First  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  was  called  as  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  which  was  located  at  the  site  of 


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the  Forty-First  Street  Church.  Dr.  Covert  remained  pastor  until 
1924,  when  he  was  called  as  General  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Christian  Education  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Reverend  Charles  Benjamin 
Swartz,  who  came  in  1924  and  was  pastor  until  the  merger  with 
the  Woodlawn  Park.  Presbyterian  Church,  October  20,  1926,  when 
he  was  continued  as  associate  pastor  on  leave  of  absence  until  Jan- 
uary 1,  1927. 

The  Woodlawn  Park.  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized  on 
January  1 9,  1  885,  with  a  charter  membership  of  thirty-nine.  Three 
important  decisions  were  made  by  the  little  group  of  men  and 
women  who  organized  the  Woodlawn  Church:  First,  the  policy  of 
the  church  should  be  that  of  a  union  church.  Second,  the  organiza- 
tion should  be  upon  Presbyterian  basis.  Third,  the  financial  policy 
should  be  full  self  support  from  the  date  of  organization. 

At  first  it  seemed  that  a  non-denominational  union  church 
should  be  organized,  but  after  some  discussion  it  was  decided  that 
the  church  should  be  organized  as  a  Presbyterian  Church,  but  that 
it  should  be  in  spirit  a  "house  of  prayer  for  all  people." 

The  entire  history  of  the  Woodlawn  Church  has  been  influenced 
by  this  early  decision  of  its  founders.  In  all  its  activities,  while 
thoroughly  loyal  to  Presbyterianism,  it  has  been  in  fact  a  union 
church,  giving  very  largely  of  its  benevolences  to  worthy  institu- 
tions that  are  not  under  Presbyterian  auspices. 

Since  its  organization  the  church  has  had  five  pastors:  the 
Reverend  Edward  P.  Johnson  served  from  March,  1886,  to  De- 
cember, 1890.  He  was  succeeded  by  Reverend  James  G.  Inglis, 
whose  pastorate  extended  from  May,  1  89 1 ,  to  February,  1  895.  The 
third  pastor  of  the  church  was  the  Reverend  Edward  Harvey  Curtis, 
whose  pastorate  extended  from  June,  1895,  to  March,  19 17.  His 
was  a  ministry  of  fifty  years,  of  which  twenty-two  were  spent  in 

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this  church.  After  his  resignation  he  was  continued  as  Minister 
Emeritus  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Dr.  Curtis  was  succeeded  by 
the  Reverend  Harold  Leonard  Bowman,  whose  ministry  extended 
from  19 17  to  1920.  When  he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Portland,  Oregon,  he  was  succeeded  by  the 
Reverend  Charles  T.  Shaw,  who  after  three  years  of  service  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Westminster  Church  of  Seattle,  Washington.  In 
April,  1924,  the  church  extended  the  Reverend  William  Henry 
Boddy  of  the  Riverside  Community  Church  of  Hood  River, 
Oregon,  a  call  to  become  its  minister.  Dr.  Boddy  continued  in  the 
pastorate  of  the  Woodlawn  Park  Presbyterian  Church  until  it 
merged  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago,  when  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  combined  churches. 

During  the  erection  of  the  new  structure  at  Sixty-Fourth  Street 
and  Kimbark  Avenue  the  congregation  worshipped  in  Wadsworth 
School  at  Sixty-Fourth  and  University  Avenue.  Mid-week  services 
were  held  in  union  with  the  Woodlawn  Park  Methodist-Episcopal 
Church.  For  a  time  vesper  services  were  held  in  the  Immanuel 
Lutheran  Church. 


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Exterior  Showing  the  Garth 


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he  new  home  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  is 
Gothic.  This  is  evidenced  from  without  by  its  great 
tower,  its  traceried  windows,  its  pointed  arches  and 
its  leaded  glass.  Within,  the  carved  oak  and  "the 
long  drawn  fretted  aisle"  speak  no  less  eloquently  of 
i  the  glory  of  the  Gothic.  The  cathedral-like  church 
has  been  designed  by  the  architects,  Thomas  Tallmadge  and  Vernon 
Watson  as  part  of  their  contribution  to  the  significant  Gothic  revival 
which  has  been  in  progress  in  America  for  the  last  thirty  years.  For 
its  effect  it  depends  on  the  contrast  of  richly  decorated  spots  with 
great  unbroken  surfaces.  In  the  ornamentation,  the  grape,  the  elm 
and  wild  rose  yield  their  tender  forms  to  the  embrace  of  oak  and 
stone.  At  the  top  of  the  tower,  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  above 
the  city's  roar  the  four  archangels  stand  on  watchful  and  bene- 
volent guard. 

Of  the  new  building  Mr.  Tallmadge  says:  "Your  church,  per- 
haps I  will  be  permitted  to  say  our  church,  is  Gothic  in  style,  not 
by  any  means  an  archaeological  Gothic  —  but  Gothic  in  ancestry 
adapted  to  American  climate,  American  building  materials  and 
American  Christian  purposes.  Gothic  architecture  has  a  hallowed 
lineage  of  over  seven  hundred  years  and  is  as  appropriate  today  for 
its  purpose  as  it  was  when  the  great  cathedrals  in  France  and  Eng- 
land first  reared  their  heads. 

"The  building  in  its  entirety  is  dominated  by  a  great  tower,  one 
hundred  twenty-five  feet  in  height.  This  is  echoed  or  complemented 
by  the  minor  accents  of  the  gables  of  the  parish  house  to  the  south 
and  of  the  transept  to  the  north.  The  material  is  all  of  variegated 
Indiana  limestone.  The  massiveness  and  plainness  of  the  walls  is  bro- 
ken up  by  buttresses,  heavy  and  powerful  on  the  church  and  light  and 
graceful  on  the  parish  house;  by  pointed  windows,  some  open,  some 
elaborately  traceried  by  canopied  niches,  by  carving  such  as  the 

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flowered  capitals  of  the  cloister,  the  heads  of  the  children  in  the 
north  portal  or  the  stony  figures  of  the  archangels  crowning  the 
tower.  None  of  the  ornament  is  meaningless.  All  of  it  has  obvious 
or  symbolic  significance.  Of  great  aid  to  the  architecture  are  the 
interesting  memorial  stones  built  into  the  walls  of  the  cloister  which 
are,  in  this  brochure,  separately  described." 


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he  Church  auditorium,  with  the  exception  of  the 
chapel,  is  the  only  room  for  which  there  is  space 
for  description.  In  size  it  is  sixty-two  feet  wide, 
ninety-five  feet  long  and  forty-nine  feet  high. 
Aside  from  its  carefully  studied  proportions  it 
depends  for  beauty  on  its  Gothic  detail  in  stone  and 
plaster,  its  carven  oak,  its  great  trusses,  its  emblazoned  ceiling  and 
its  stained  and  leaded  windows.  These,  of  which  a  portion  only 
have  been  installed,  cannot  be  described  here  for  each  itself  is  a 
story  and  a  picture.  The  climax  of  the  nave,  the  focus  to  which  the 
eye  is  drawn  by  all  the  lines  of  the  architecture  is  the  chancel  with 
its  great  reredos.  It  rises  forty  feet  and  more  and  is  enriched 
with  three  beautiful  windows  showing  our  Lord  in  Glory  with 
Mary  and  John,  and  below  with  painted  panels  of  the  angels, 
Michael,  Gabriel  and  Raphael.  At  the  foot  of  the  reredos  is  the 
altar  and  communion  table  carved  with  supporting  angels  and  with 
the  symbols  of  the  Eucharist  grapes  and  wheat  sheaves.  The  oak 
pulpit  bears  carved  symbols  of  the  ministry  and  the  screen  and 
lectern  with  flowers  and  fruits  symbols  of  inspiration  and  service. 
The  Nave  windows  are  by  R.  Toland  Wright  of  Cleveland,  the 
Medallions  of  the  windows  already  installed  include  such  subjects  as 
The  Annunciation,  The  Nativity,  The  Presentation  in  the  Temple, 
The  Descent  into  Hell,  and  The  Walk  to  Emmaus. 

The  beautiful  reredos  window  is  by  the  Willett  Studios  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  depicts  our  Lord  in  Glory  as  revealed  to  St.  John.  In 
the  central  lancet  is  shown  the  Son  of  Man  bearing  in  His  hands  the 
Book  of  Life  with  seven  seals  on  which  are  engraved  Alpha  and 
Omega.  At  our  Lord's  feet  is  the  rainbow  and  beneath,  the  lion,  the 
calf,  the  eagle  and  man.  The  flanking  lancets  show  Mary  the  mother 
of  Jesus  and  The  Beloved  Disciple. 


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The  C/tapel 


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|he  Chapel  is  given  in  loving  memory  of  Lafayette 
Blr^  ~J  MpS  McWilliams  and  Mary  Goodman  McWilliams  by 
lH  jf^*  mi  their  children.  The  room  is  panelled  its  entire 
H  "%  Jp  m  height  with  quarter  sawed  oak.  This  wainscoting 
~^^  *^g|J  is  crowned  with  a  continuous  canopy,  elaborately 
m=^l  ~  carved.  Within  the  canopy  occur  the  symbols  of 
victory  and  courage,  the  crown  and  the  shield.  Carved  angels  guard 
the  chancel  and  in  the  rail,  the  lectern  and  the  altar,  occur  again 
the  symbols  of  the  communion.  The  ceiling  is  of  plaster  richly 
beamed  and  modelled.  Here  occur  the  rose,  symbol  of  Divine  love, 
and  the  pomegranate,  symbol  of  Resurrection.  Unusually  beautiful 
lead  lanterns  carrying  the  pelican,  symbol  of  parental  sacrifice,  hang 
from  the  ceiling.  At  the  back  of  the  room  gilded  grilles  cover  the 
organ  case,  and  opposite,  illuminating  the  room  with  "stains  and 
splendid  dyes"  are  the  beautiful  windows  by  the  Willett  Studios. 
The  five  lancet  windows  over  the  chapel  altar  represent  the 
invitation  of  Jesus  "Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto  me  and 
forbid  them  not  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  Heaven."  Especially 
interesting  is  the  figure  of  Our  Lord  shown  as  a  beardless  young  man 
after  the  conception  of  Christ  on  the  celebrated  chalice  of  Antioch. 
This  is  held  by  many  scholars  to  be  the  earliest  extant  likeness  of 
Jesus.  The  panels  adjacent  depict  the  mothers  bringing  their  chil- 
dren to  Christ  while  on  the  extreme  left  panel  is  shown  the  dissent- 
ing disciples.  At  the  far  right  is  shown  an  angel  symbolizing  the 
Heavenly  protection  and  guidance  with  which  little  children  are 
blest.  The  four  west  windows  depict  Daniel,  Amos,  Isaiah  and 
Gideon.  The  mediaeval  slate  floor,  the  cathedral  chairs  and  the 
"dim  religious  light"  add  to  that  which  has  been  described  in 
making  the  chapel  an  intimate  place  of  worship  and  meditation. 


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mong  the  memorial  gifts  is  the  beautiful  set  of 
Deagan  Tower  Chimes  which  have  been  installed 
in  our  tower  by  a  friend  in  affectionate  memory  of 
Ina  Law  Robertson,  a  loyal  member  of  the  Wood- 
lawn  Park  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  founder  of 
the  Eleanor  Clubs.  Tower  Chimes,  such  as  those 
made  for  us  by  J.  C.  Deagan,  Inc.,  are  becoming  more  and  more 
widely  used  in  the  better  churches  of  America.  They  are  played 
from  the  organ  console  and  from  an  individual  electric  keyboard 
in  the  church  office.  The  tones  of  "Abide  With  Me"  or  "Nearer  My 
God  to  Thee"  falling  from  the  church  tower  upon  the  hurrying 
crowds  in  the  street  below,  are  in  themselves  a  constant  and  beautiful 
call  to  worship.  Many  a  heart  will  be  cheered  and  many  a  burden 
lightened  by  this  ministry  of  music.  There  could  be  no  more  appro- 
priate memorial  to  a  beautiful  soul  and  a  serviceable  life. 


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[he  Woman's  Parlor,  which  in  fact  is  the  social  center 
of  the  church,  is  a  commodious  room  forty-two  by 
twenty-two  feet,  situated  on  the  second  floor  above 
the  chapel.  Beside  the  large  bay  window  looking 
out  over  Sixty-Fourth  Street,  its  principle  feature 
is  a  great  fireplace  of  carved  stone.  The  entire 
room  carries  out  the  Gothic  design  of  the  whole  church.  All  the 
furnishings,  which  were  chosen  by  a  committee  of  the  women,  were 
carefully  selected  so  as  to  enhance  the  English  feeling  of  the  room. 
Blue,  the  "Gothic  color,"  which  predominates  in  the  Nave  and 
chapel  windows,  also  finds  a  large  place  in  the  furnishings  of  the 
parlor.  The  hangings  are  of  English  design  and  fabric  and  alto- 
gether the  parlor  suggests  the  ecclesiastical  beauty  of  a  cathedral 
rectory.  The  adjoining  kitchenette  adds  to  the  hospitable  atmosphere 
of  the  room. 


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he  minister's  study  is  a  spacious  room  on  the  second 
floor.  The  leaded  glass  windows  and  the  high 
carved  oak  bookcases  give  a  quiet  Gothic  atmos- 
phere to  the  room.  The  study  suggests  the  library 
rather  than  the  business  office.  Its  predominating 
features  are  a  great  fireplace  of  rough  brick,  a  large 
bay  window  in  five  sections  overlooking  the  greenery  of  the  garth, 
and  a  great  expanse  of  finely  grained  oak  panelling.  The  beautiful 
William  and  Mary  furnishings  were  in  part  provided  by  the 
Building  Committee  and  in  part  by  special  gifts. 

Adjoining  the  study  is  the  secretary's  office  and  across  the  hall 
the  general  business  office  making  a  complete  and  accessible  suite 
of  administrative  offices. 


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jjHE  great  hall  of  the  church  which  is  forty  feet  by 
sixty-five  feet  and  seats  five  hundred  people  has 
been  called  John  Knox  Hall  after  the  militant 
saint  of  Presbyterianism.  This  room  with  its  pointed 
windows,  its  shields,  its  carved  oak  and  graceful 
pilasters  also  carries  out  the  dominating  effect 
of  the  Gothic.  The  room  is  designed  as  a  general  social  and  lecture 
hall  and  also  as  a  school  assembly  room.  Its  principal  feature  is  a 
fully  equipped  stage  in  front  of  which  hangs  a  great  velour  curtain 
of  rich  ruby  red.  John  Knox  Hall  is  so  located  in  reference  to  the 
kitchen  that  it  may  be  used  as  a  dining  hall  for  larger  church  dinners. 


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he  altar  and  the  cross,  the  symbol  of  the  mystic 
meaning  of  the  Christian  faith,  stand  in  the  center 
of  the  chancel.  Behind  the  altar  rise  the  graceful 
yet  massive  lines  of  the  reredos  with  its  mural 
paintings  all  culminating  in  the  richly  colored 
window,  "Christ  Enthroned."  The  altar  is  flanked 
by  the  lectern  and  the  pulpit,  both  of  deeply  carved  oak  rich  in 
symbolism  of  the  Word  and  its  Ministry. 

Far  back  in  the  chancel  to  the  left  of  the  altar  is  the  great 
Moller  Organ  composed  of  six  units  having  three  thousand  three 
hundred  pipes  varying  from  three  inches  to  sixteen  feet  in  length. 
The  organ  is  rich  in  Diapasons  thus  insuring  the  incomparable 
"organ  tone."  The  instrument  contains  seventy  stops  including 
chimes  and  harp.  The  variety  of  stops  makes  possible  the  orchestral 
tones  and  adds  generally  to  the  color,  sweetness  and  brilliancy  of 
the  organ.  The  echo  organ  is  located  in  the  southwest  corner  of 
the  balcony. 


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Historic  Stones 

ur  collection  of  historic  stones  was  begun  in  order  to 
preserve  the  memory  of  four  former  church  homes, 
at  one  time  housing  four  separate  churches,  whose 
congregations  all  became  a  part  of  First  Church. 
We  hope  that  about  these  stones  will  cling  the 
affections  of  generations  of  worshippers  and  the 
rich  traditions  which  are  the  heritage  of  First  Church.  The  earliest 
of  these  stones  is  from  the  First  Church  building  at  the  northeast 
corner  of  Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty-First  Street,  which  served 
the  church  from  1871  to  19 12.  Another  is  from  the  building 
erected  by  the  Forty-First  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  1889,  at 
the  southwest  corner  of  Grand  Boulevard  (now  South  Parkway) 
and  Forty-First  Street,  which  was  the  home  of  First  Church  from 
19 1 2  to  1926.  Another  is  from  the  building  erected  by  the  Wood- 
lawn  Park  Presbyterian  Church  in  1900  on  our  present  site,  and 
occupied  by  First  Church  for  a  few  months  following  our  union 
with  Woodlawn  Church.  The  fourth  is  from  the  Sixth  Church 
building,  erected  in  1880  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Vincennes 
Avenue  and  Thirty-Sixth  Street  and  used  by  that  church  until  1 9 1  8 
when  its  congregation  joined  First  Church.  The  Chicago  Historical 
Society  has  given  us  a  beam  from  old  Fort  Dearborn  commemorat- 
ing the  fact  that  First  Church  was  founded  in  the  Fort  in  1  83  3.  This 
beam  has  been  placed  in  the  ceiling  of  our  cloister. 

We  next  sought  stones  from  historic  churches  beyond  our 
borders.  Many  friends,  old  and  new,  have  cooperated  most  gener- 
ously in  securing  for  us  the  stones  here  listed.  In  fact  there  is  a 
story  connected  with  the  securing  of  every  stone,  and  we  regret  that 
we  cannot  here  tell  of  the  zeal  and  devotion  displayed  by  friends  in 


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other  lands  who  seized  upon  this  opportunity  to  show  their  good  will 
to  America.  The  stones  already  in  place  are: 

First  Church  (Indiana  Avenue). 

Forty-First  Street  Church. 

Woodlawn  Park  Church. 

Sixth  Church. 

Old  Rehoboth,  Maryland  (Oldest  Presbyterian  Church  in 
America  Founded  in  1683,  Building  Erected  in  1706). 

St.  Andrews  (Oldest  Presbyterian  Church  in  Toronto). 

Chester  Cathedral  (A  Beautiful  Carved  Stone  Placed  in  the 
Cathedral  Wall  About  1  200  A.  D.). 

St.  Olave's  Church,  London. 

Reims  Cathedral. 

Stones  From  Bethlehem,  Nazareth,  and  Solomon's  Quarries 
(Jerusalem). 

Temple  of  Karnak,  Egypt  (Carved  Image  of  King  Seti  I  About 
1  300  B.C.). 

Several  stones  are  in  transit,  others  are  promised  and  plans  for 
still  others  are  developing.  Additions  are  always  possible,  if  suffi- 
ciently ancient  and  noteworthy.  A  mosaic  of  marbles  forming  part 
of  the  floor  of  St.  Peter's  in  Rome  for  four  hundred  years  will  soon 
be  in  the  floor  of  our  chancel.  The  consistory  of  St.  Peter's  in  Geneva 
has  inscribed  for  us  and  is  sending  a  stone  which  was  in  its  wall 
when  John  Calvin's  preaching  first  made   that   church   famous. 

We  hope  these  stones  will  promote  our  fellowship  with  all  who 
sincerely  worship  God:  that  they  will  help  to  broaden  our  vision 
and  our  sympathies  until  they  shall  reach  beyond  all  bounds  and 
barriers  of  nation,  race  or  creed  and  bind  us  to  all  mankind  in  a 
common  human  aspiration.  These  stones  are  an  altar  at  which  we 
daily  ask  the  Father  to  make  our  church  indeed,  "A  house  of  prayer 
for  all  nations." 

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William  E.  Conrow 
George  K.  Hollingsworth 
George  W.  McKenna 
J.  Stuart  Morrison 
Donald  S.  McWilliams 
Claude  I.  Palmer 


The  Session 

William  Henry  Boddy,  [Moderator 
Francis  H.  Clark,  Vice  [Moderator 

Harry  V.  King  Nial  L.  Brainard 

Russell  Middaugh  John  F.  Burhorn 

E.  C.  Rosseter  H.  H.  Cox 

J.  G.  Reid  H.  J.  Graham 

James  L.  Sayler  John  H.  Hospers 

Robert  W.  Martin 


Deacons 


Thomas  H.  Keough 
Russell  Middaugh 
Emlyn  R.  Richards 
William  R.  Ruminer 
E.  G.  Throckmorton 
Henry  E.  Blake 


Samuel  R.  Shambaugh,  Tresident 

A.  A.  Chichester 
Walter  J.  Evans 
George  P.  Lewis 
Wirt  F.  Smith 
Parke  Whitmore 

Trustees 


Harry  L.  Carpenter 
R.  H.  Harrison 
W.  F.  Henderson 
Edward  H.  Morris 
E.  C. Shedd 
H.  C.  Venable 


Oscar  E.  Aleshire 
H.  A.  Cuthbertson 
J.  Howard  Denny 
Maxwell  S.  Green 
J.  E.  Slocum 
Charles  H.  Spencer 


D.  M.  Compton,  Chairman 

Alexander  S.  Dale 
Sheridan  E.  Fry 
Emory  A.  Stedman 
O.  K.  Thomson 
W.  J.  Davies 


J. H.  Beggs 
J.  B.  Cornish 
Fred  A.  Dow 
Robert  L.  Gear 
Ralph  Kennedy 
J.  T.  Daniel 
Henry  Spencer  Smith,  Ex  Officio  Treasurer 


W.  C.  Adams 

Miss  Alberta  Baxter 

J.  H.  Beggs 

Mrs.  Alfred  Brink 

Mrs.  Charles  Burr 

Francis  H.  Clark 

D.  M.  Compton 

Mrs.  Lincoln  M.  Coy 

Alexander  S.  Dale 

J.  T.  Daniel 

J.  Howard  Denny 

Miss  Ena  Douglas 

Frederick  A.  Dow 


Building  Committee 

Oscar  E.  Aleshire,  Chairman 

Sheridan  E.  Fry 
Maxwell  S.  Green 

F.  C.  Harper 

G.  K.  Hollingsworth 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Herrick 
J.  H.  Hospers 

Miss  Jessica  Jenks 
B.  G.  Leake 
Robert  W.  Martin 
R.  B.  Middaugh 
J.  Stuart  Morrison 
Mrs.  G.  W.  McKenna 
Donald  S.  McWilliams 
Mrs.  Eugene  Wendnagel 


C.  I.  Palmer 
Miss  Bertha  Pirn 
John  S.  Reid 
J.  G.  Reid 
Miss  Ada  Smith 
J.  E.  Slocum 
Henry  S.  Smith 
Rowland  M.  Smith 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Seymour 
E.  A.  Stedman 
Mrs.  O.  K.  Thomson 
H.  L.  Wetherbee 
W.  W.  White 


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In  ^hCemoriam 


The  {M  cW  illiams  (Memorial  Chafel 

In  memory  of  Lafayette  {M  cW  illiams  and  {Mary  Goodman  {M  cW  illiams 
Given  by  their  children 

The  Ina  Law  Robertson  {M  emorial  Tower  Chimes 

Erected  in  memory  of  Ina  Law  Robertson  by  a  friend 

The  Edward  Harvey  Curtis  {Memorial  'Pulpit 
Erected  by  "Circle  Ten" 

The  Choir  Stall 

In  memory  of  Frank  J.  Smith 

Given  by  Mrs.  Frank  J.  Smith  and  family 

The  Choir  Stall 

In  memory  of  {Mr.  and  {Mrs.  3 esse  G.  King 
Given  by  {Mr.  and  {Airs.  Harry  V .  King 

The  Jones  Educational  Room 

In  memory  of  {Mr.  and  {\4rs.  Daniel  Jones 

The  Wadszvorth  Educational  Room 

In  memory  of  James  Wadszvorth  and  Emily  Whittlesey  Wadszvorth 
Given  by  their  daughter,  {Miss  <Alice  Wadsworth 

The  'Patterson  Recreation  Hall 

In  memory  of  Harry  C.  Patterson 

Given  by  {Mrs.  H.  C.  Patterson  and  family 

The  Patterson  Window 

In  memory  of  his  friend,  Harry  C.  Patterson 
Given  by  Mr.  Charles  V.  McErlean 

The  Partridge  Window 

In  memory  of  Charles  Sumner  Partridge 

Given  by  members  of  his  family 
The  Clark  Window 

In  memory  of  cAlice  Fiske  Clark 

Given  by  her  husband,  Francis  H.  Clark 
The  Parmly  Window 

In  memory  of  Samuel  P.  Parmly 

Given  by  his  zvife,  Clara  S.  Parmly 
The  Pachman-tA dams  Window 

Given  in  memory  of  their  mothers, 

{Mrs.  {Mina  Pachman  and  {I4rs.  Sallie  Dryden  Adams 

Py  {Mr.  and  {Mrs.  William  Carleton  .Adams 


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Ministering  Memories 


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is  we  who  make  our  dead  so  dead."  This  is  the 
discovery  of  a  bereft  father  who  had  learned  the 
secret  of  keeping  vivid  the  spiritual  presence  of  his 
loved  one  through  the  power  of  memory  and 
imagination.  Some  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the 
possible  memorials  in  our  new  First  Church  have 
not  yet  been  reserved.  There  is  the  great  East  Window,  the  Transept 
Window,  the  Organ,  a  number  of  rooms  and  other  features  of  the 
building  which  would  lend  themselves  most  appropriately  to  keeping 
fresh  and  fragrant  the  memory  of  some  departed  one,  forever  dear. 
The  committee  on  memorials,  Messrs.  Boddy,  McWilliams  and 
Aleshire,  will  be  glad  to  talk  to  anyone  interested  in  the  reservation 
of  a  memorial. 


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Gracious  Gifts 


The  following  is  a  list  of  special  gifts  which  friends  have  given  in  addition  to  their 
subscriptions  to  the  Church  'Building  Fund: 

The  Reredos  and  Window 

Given  by  £Mr.  and  -Mrs.  William  Jlshley  Magie 

The  Lectern 

Given  by  "The  Quilters,> 

The  Mtar 

Given  by   The  Diakonia  Class 

The  Cross  and  Jiltar  Vases 

Given  b\  The  Mizpah  Circle 

The  zAcousticon 

Given  by  Mrs.  F.  H.  Wright 

The  T)esk  and  Two  Chairs  for  Pastor's  Study 
Given  by  The  South  Shore  Circle 

The  Library  Table  for  "Pastor's  Study 

Given  by  The  Young  Women's  Bible  Class 

The  Funds  for  Decorating  the  'Beginners'  and  Primary  Rooms  and 
Providing  Curtains  for  the  Windows 
Given  by  Mrs.  D.  M.  Compton,  Mrs.  John  Beeks, 
Mrs.  Emma  R.  Beeks  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Trees 

The  Electric  Clock 

Given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  M.  Compton 

The  Electric  Refrigerator 

Given  by  M.r.  and  34rs.  William  C .  Gibson 

The  Steam  Table 

Given  by  The  'Dorcas  Circle 

The  Stage  Curtain 

Given  by  <Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Compton 

The  Hagan  Window 

Given  by  Mr.  Oscar  Hagan, 

an  Elder  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago 

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The  Artists  and  Craftsmen 

who  have  contributed  most  largely  to  the  erecting 

of  the  building  are: 

Tallmadge  and  Watson,  Chicago,  ^Architects 

Willett  Stained  Glass  and  Decorating  Studios,  Philadelphia 

Wright  Stained  Glass  Studios,  Cleveland 

Moller  Organ  Company,  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  Pipe  Organ  'Builders 

Mrs.  Percival  Myall,  Evanston,  Designer  of  {Mural  "Paintings 

Miss  Elizabeth  Eberle,  Chicago,  Designer  of  ^Models  for  Stone  Work 

Ossit  Brothers,  Incorporated,  Milwaukee,  Chancel  and  Peivs 

American  Seating  Company,  Chicago,  Chapel  Woodwork 

Conrad  Schmitt  Studios,  Milwaukee,  Lighting  Fixtures 

H.  R.  Bonnewitz,  Van  Wert,  Ohio,  Lead  Chandeliers  in  Chapel 

J.  C.  Deagan,  Chicago,  ^Memorial  Tower  Chimes 

American  Heating  and  Plumbing  Company,  Chicago 

John  J.  Kratz,  Chicago,  Sanitary  Engineering  Plumbing 

Kalteaux  and  Brown,  Chicago,  Plasterers 

Casey  Electric  Company,  Chicago 

Stedman  Products  Company,  Chicago,  Rubber  Tile  Flooring  Contractors 

R.  C.  Wiebold  Company,  Chicago,  General  Contractors 


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